(Courtesy of Charla Byers) Laika was adopted by a family from Michigan who traveled six hours to meet her.
In Part 1, we met a partially-paralyzed cat named Gracie who saved her owner Lindsey Harrison in return for saving her as a kitten. In this... Read more

Love Unleashed looks at the emotional bond between people and older dogs.
The program also includes an animated tribute to Laika, the Soviet dog sent into space, and some short musical clips with comic lyrics.
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with performers including Vagavon, Japanese Breakfast and Frankie Rose.
The site was also home to the hot dog eatery Laika Dog.
Meanwhile, fund-raising efforts for UFO Factory's displaced employees are under way, including a donation... Read more

were in the club at the time. No one was injured.
The UFO Factory in Corktown houses another business, the hot dog joint Laika Dog.
The UFO Factory in Detroit was damaged by a construction crew that was working on a new development next door.... Read more

literature. I read the books of Tolstoy and I followed USSR officials’ visits to Egypt on television. I was impressed by Laika the space dog and Yuri Gagarin, the cosmonaut. All these things made me excited about visiting Russia and getting to... Read more

late 1950s and early 1960s.
Among those it kept tabs on was Sputnik 2, which took the first living animal - a dog named Laika - into space.
Information was then shared with the US Department of Defence. As the Space Race continued to hot up... Read more

fix with dozens of free events in the Gaslamp while the convention runs from July 20 to 23. Here are a few:
The Laika Experience | 520 Fifth Ave | Thursday – Sunday, 11am-11pm
Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA, creators of Coraline,... Read more

of previews and off-site presentations), but everyone in San Diego can already get a little taste of some cinematic magic. LAIKA, the stop-motion animation studio behind films like Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

NECA has a 7-inch figure display set based on the Oscar-nominated stop-motion hit "Coraline." And while fans of the Laika Studios' favorite may be disappointed that the set will only be available at SDCC (a special online sale of a limited... Read more

could, though, on Nov. 3, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik 2 — this time a 1,120-pound spacecraft carrying a dog named Laika who didn’t survive the trip.
Not until Jan. 31, 1958, did the U.S. launch its first satellite aboard a booster that... Read more

card loaded with virtual currency, for use at Gaslamp Quarter stops for food, drinks, and other participating outlets.
The Laika Experience at 520 Fifth Avenue - Check out props, puppets, and more from the set of the award-winning Laika films,... Read more